Happenings...
59 Years As Choir Director
87-Year-Old Retiree Honored By Church
W. J. SQUIRES
... Still in Choir...
Fifty-nine years as director of his
church choir. That’s the record of W.
J. Squires, who retired in 1955 as a
quality man at the Blanket Finishing
MiU.
Mr. Squires, 87 years old, was
honored by the congregation of the
First United Methodist Church for his
service to the church and the
community and for having directed
the choir for almost 60 years. He
retired from the post six or eight
months ago and is now director
emeritus. He still sits in the choir,
however.
The service honoring Mr. Squires
included songs by a quartet composed
of four of his children. Flowers on the
altar were placed there by “friends”,
and an oversized “check” for $1,000
was presented to the church organ
fund in his name. Several hundred
dollars more have been contributed
since then.
During the program. Hazel M.
Powell of Blanket Mill Accounting,
gave a “This Is Your Life” type of
reading citing Mr. Squires’
accomplishments. “He has loved
music all his life,” she said, recalling
many of his activities as a singer and
musician and as a teacher of music to
others.
In addition to leading the choir, he
taught music, sang in the first Draper
male quartet and played in an early
community band. He played a variety
of musical instruments.
Mr. Squires was one of the first
members of the Draper town board
and finished the term of mayor when
A. S. Daniels resigned to take a
position with the county. At his
church, in addition to leading the
choir he served in several positions,
including Sunday School
superintendent and teacher, trustee
and member of the administrative
board. The men’s Bible class is
named for him.
He has been honored as “Mr.
Methodist” and as “Father of the
year.” The Leaksville-Spray
Exchange Club registered him in its
Book of Golden Deeds. “The
community of Draper has been
enriched by the life of this man,” said
his pastor, the Rev. Charles W.
Randolph.
Born on a farm in Alamance County
June 11, 1889, Mr. Squires came to
Draper from Roanoke Rapids in 1918.
He worked at the Blanket Greige Mill
as a card cutter, foreman of the
weave room and foreman of the cloth
room. He was transferred to the
Blanket Finishing Mill in 1940 as a
quality man and served that capacity
until his retirement June 1, 1955.
In addition to his work at the mills,
Mr. Squires taught night school
classes in loom fixing, mill arithmetic
and other textile subjects. He was
a charter member of the Carolina
Cooperative Council, an organization
of the key men at the mills and was
president of the Council 1934-35.
He has five sons, Merritt, Cecil,
Ervin, Harold and Dan Squires; and a
daughter, Ruth Minter. Harold is an
industrial engineer at the Blanket
Greige Mill; Dan is a shift foreman
and Ruth an office clerk at the Draper
Sheeting Mill. Merritt, Cecil and
Ervin are former Fieldcrest
employees.
Outstanding
Student
ERNEST S. MOYER
Dean’s Li
Machielle S. Beaver has been
named to the Chancellor’s List at the
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte for the fall semester of 1976.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Norman 0. Beaver, she is a
Fieldcrest Scholarship recipient and
is a graduate of North Rowan High
School. Her father is employed in the
Finishing Department at North
Carolina Finishing Company.
She holds a 3.79 grade average at
UNC-Charlotte and is majoring in
psychology.
MACHIELLE S. BEAVER
Ernest S. Moyer, a freshman
majoring in accounting, was named
to the 1976-77 Dean’s List and Honor
Roll at Barber-Scotia College in
Concord.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Scott Moyer of Eden. His
mother, Ivadell, works in the Channel
Blanket Department at the Blanket
Finishing Mill.
Off>Job Accidents
Kill Five In 1976
WANTED: A ride from the Draper
section to the Blanket Finishing
Mill in Spray on third shift. Call 635-
4713.
CARD OF THANKS
Pomp Jarrett, Sr., of the Napping
Department, Blanket Finishing Mill,
would like to thank all of the Blanket
Finishing employees for their
kindness and gifts to him when his
home burned.
WANTED TO BUY: Set of ladies’ golf
clubs. Call 623-9638 after 5 p.m.
FOR SALE: 8-hp riding lawn mower
with almost new engine. Call 342-
0208 after 5 p.m.
Wins Awa
Janice J. Cobler has been
1977 General Mills Family
Tomorrow. She won. the
scoring highest in John D. j
High School on a written ki*® ^
and attitude
administered to high school
throughout the country.
She will receive a certifica^^j^
General Mills, sponsor of
Search for Leadership in ^
Living, and is eligible for sta
national honors. A State *
Leader will be selected an
receive a $1,500 college schoia
ir#
The daughter of Mr. ai
nd
:cef
Claude Cobler, she has been ac' jj
at Virginia Polytechnic and
University and plans a car"
computer science and econonn ,,
father is supervisor in the ™
Department at the Fieldal®
Mill and her mother, Bea,
the Yarn Preparation Depa^'
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Pension Plan
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chapel. Burial was in the
Cemetery.
Surviving are daughters, - j,,
Barksdale, Mrs. Edna KallaiUj ®
Eden; Mrs. Mary Self, Bur*’j|i
sons, J. Reid Hailey, EdeUi
Hailey, Macon, Ga.; and P. .
Wilmington, 11 grandchildr
Off-the-job accidents—car wrecks
and other mishaps—claimed the lives
of five Fieldcrest employees in 1976.
Three died in automobile accidents
and firearms caused the death of two.
“These statistics are grim but
persuasive reminders that everyone
should drive defensively at all times
and never gamble with safety in any
other way,” said Kenneth R. Baggett,
Fieldcrest safety director. “If you
lose yoiir gamble, you could lose your
life.”
seven great-grandchildren^^^
CARD OF thanks
We would like
fil
appreciation and thanks to th® ’
Morehead Hospital, Dr.
to oxPfsi
Baker, Dr. A. W. Reeser, -,
many friends for the wondeff^j
prayers, cards and flo"'®p
Clarence Voss during his stu?
hospital.
MRS. CLARENCE VOSS ,
AND FAMILY
THE MILL WHISTL®^